The phrase "about as broad" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare the width or extent of something in a figurative sense, often implying a limited scope or range.
Example: "His understanding of the topic is about as broad as a teaspoon."
Alternatives: "roughly as wide" or "approximately as extensive".
Not that you can miss him in the flesh as he is 6ft 5in tall and about as broad.
Encompassing unorthodox works and concepts from across his prolific career, it's about as broad a survey of Braxtonia as has been presented in this country.
The simplest definition I could muster was "material contributed to a service by the public", which is about as broad as a broad thing on Broadway but hey.
Julie Underwood, general counsel for the National School Boards Association in Washington, called the Lockney policy "about as broad as it could ever be," saying it resulted from the "slippery slope" created by the Supreme Court's ruling allowing testing of athletes.
I mean, once we get into the contest phase, subsection 8 gives, at least to the Circuit Court, leaving aside the question of appellate jurisdiction, about as broad a grant to fashion orders as I can imagine going into a statute.
It's about as broad as the corporate bond market, if not more.
The phrase "French silent film" sounded like it would have about as much broad appeal as "Italian Western".
It can be about something as broad as sports or as specific as Tim Tebow.
The pubic peduncle is robust, measuring about twice as long as broad at its distal end (Figures 13, 16F; Table 3).
But me and [new Sloths singer] Tom McLoughlin are 100-percent committed and dead serious about trying to reach as broad an audience as we can, because the path has now been opened up for this kind of raw, raunchy rock 'n' roll the White Stripes and the Black Keys, you can read about these bands in Rolling Stone magazine now!
It could resolve the debate about measuring a concept as broad as multimorbidity seems to be.
